Difference between MAverick and Mossberg?

[VG]

OK, Maverick is made by Mossberg, barrels interchange, what's the difference?

 

[XavierBreath]

I'm thinking it's the location of the safety and overall finish.

 

[GunnySkox]

I have a Maverick 88 Field, and I've never even -seen- a "proper" Mossberg shottie, but yeah, s'far as I can tell, it's got the safety as a little button on the trigger guard (IIRC, mossbergs have it up atop the receiver), and the black finish on the Maverick is somewhat skeevy. The barrels for Model 500 mossbergs and Maverick 88s (so long as they have the same mag capacity and are the same gauge) interchange...

That said, anybody who sees this know if anyone makes replacement trigger groups for Maverick 88's? Something about all that plastic down there gimme the jibblies.

~GnSx

 

[tango3065]

Mossberg = USA Maverick = Mexico

Maverick branded shotguns are made for Mossberg in a Mexican Plant. As for the Maverick shotguns I owned one 18.5" security, it was my first shotgun and I shot thousands of rounds thru and when I sold it it was still just as solid as the day I got it. I just could not get used to the rattle from the action bars that the Mossbergs have, and I purchased a 870 with a 21'' barrel so I could use it as a HD, Turkey, and small game gun with the use of chokes.

 

[Ash]

That must be new or at least newer as I have seen many older Maverick 88's that proudly stamp Made in the USA on them.

Ash

 

[Ash]

Of course, now that I think about it, I can only remember the "by Mossberg" line on the shotguns, so I retract my previous post.

Ash

 

[rudolf]

Maybe you are both right:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3197/is_n1_v34/ai_7396559

"Mossberg's operation in Mexico and Texas - O.F. Mossberg and Sons Inc
Shooting Industry, Jan, 1989 by Howard Brant"

 

[Zach S]

Price.

Saftey location.

Overall fit and finish.

Mavericks are great considering the price tag. Judging by the ones I've handled anyway, I dont actually own one.

It ain't a Wingmaster, but it works.

 

[boing]

I thought the action bars on the Maverick were fixed to the forearm, while the bars on the 500 series have some movement designed into them to reduce binding?

 

[Zach S]

That may be true. I dont have a maverick to compare, but the action bars on my 590 arent solid on the forearm.

Where you been hiding lately? Aint seen ya in a while.

 

[boing]

Monday night IPSC, where I know you won't find me.

I patterned my Mossberg 500 there on Sunday, though.[/ontopic]

 

[dasmi]

Think Fender and Squire.

 

[Zach S]

Monday night IPSC, where I know you won't find me.

I see how it is now. But OTOH, I know me, so I dont blame you.

Someday I'll make it in there on Monday night...

 

[mnrivrat]

That said, anybody who sees this know if anyone makes replacement trigger groups for Maverick 88's? Something about all that plastic down there gimme the jibblies.

It's a pretty tough plastic and that is what Mossberg has always used on their 500 series also. No replacements are available.

 

[deputy tom]

OOPS! Double tap.How does this keep happening??LOL.tom.

 

[deputy tom]

I thought the action bars on the Maverick were fixed to the forearm, while the bars on the 500 series have some movement designed into them to reduce binding?

My Maverick had an injection molded fore-end with a single action bar attached.,a plastic trigger guard with push button safety instead of top mount safety and was a very good shotgun for the money.Remember that the original Mossbergs had only one action bar.I think I'd rather own another Maverick than one of those chinese clone shotguns.YMMV.tom.

 

[rustymaggot]

are the parts interchangeable?

could i use maverick internals on a 500? i see the barrels can be interchanged but what about bolts and forends. can the action tube be switched between them? can a 500 trigger group be used in a maverick? or vice versa?

 

[mnrivrat]

are the parts interchangeable?

I was sent a trigger housing from a Maverick by mistake (ordered a Mossberg).

Other than the safety system when compared it looked like the internals were the same between the Mossberg and the Maverick. When you say swap the trigger group however you need to keep in mind that the Mossberg trigger group is set up for the safety on the back of the reciever - so that wouldn't work. Putting a Maverick trigger group into a Mossberg may work.

In short , I think that you may be able to swap at least some internals, but not all. Single action bars vs dual ones for example will make for some differences . Putting a single action bar system into a dual set-up maybe possible for example, but going the other way wouldn't work. The bolts are likely interchangable .

 

[MyGuns1957]

Dasmi, If you're still here and still above ground. I have a Maverick. It isn't as nice as my Remington 1100, but has never given me any problems. As for the Fender Squire Comparison, The Best Squires are way better than the cheaper Fenders. So there's quite an overlap. Since Guitars are a lot more important to me than guns I own three top of the line Fenders. Two Strats and One Tele. Of course I own a Beretta 21A 25 acp and a S&W Model 15 Combat masterpiece.. So I'm well rounded.

 

[Expertowgunner]

wow a reply to a 4 year old post dont know if that guy would need help if he couldnt get the answers 4 years ago lol

 

[boing]

(Squier)

 

[Lakeshore]

Well here's one more for your 4 year old thread. True story. Three years ago I bought a NIB Mav 88 at a gun show, around $200. Dealer had a bunch of them. I get it home, rack the slide, pull the trigger, nothing - it's frozen stiff. Took it back to the dealer the next morning, he can't get it to function either so gives me a replacement one, again NIB. This time I unbox it soon as I hit the parking lot and the second one has the exact same frozen trigger. Take it back inside, now the dealer is beside himself, says he'll never carry this model again, etc. On the third try we found one that worked. The trigger housing is a cheap looking one-piece unit (made in Mexico) that doesn't lend itself to tinkering. I like the shotgun but will always have a nagging doubt about the reliability of that trigger group.

 

[chevyforlife21]

i have a mossberg 500a persuader and the box it came on says maverick but i know its a real mossberg cuse it doesnt say maverick on the side of the reciever. it says mossberg 500a on the bottom by where the shells go in. yes mossbergs are made in the usa mavericks arent. mossbergs have two action bars while mavericks have 1 (at least the old ones anyway). the safety is in a different place too.

 

[evan price]

My Maverick 88 has TWO action bars, not one.
The M500 has a tendancy to have the action bars crack the welds that hold them to the action tube (under the fore-end). Not uncommon, but not common either.

As far as the cheap trigger group- it's more or less the same one on the M500 with the addition of the cross-bolt safety.

 

[RandKL]

Evan, I think you may be thinking of another forearm, sir. Maybe an earlier 500 than I'm familiar with. The 500 has never, as long as I've had them since 1982, had a welded forearm. The action bars are pinned to the steel forearm tube via copper pins in the early models and steel pins in the later ones. They're pinned in place so the bars have a minimum amount of looseness so the action can't bind up like some shotguns can. Yours could be an earlier model than mine, though. I wouldn't be surprised. Early 500s had the bars pinned directly to the action tubes....later ones have them pinned but backed (well, topped is a better word) with a flat spring that allows some give but keeps them nice and snug. I guess the spring was to appease the "Mossy's rattle" crowd.

Peace.

richard